Laith al-Dulaimi

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Barood, a telephone operator for the privately owned TV station Al-Nahrain, and
Laith Al-Dulaimi, a reporter for the station, were kidnapped by men disguised
as police officers at Diyala Bridge while driving home to Mada'in, a town 12
miles (19 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Abdulkarim al-Mehdawi, the
station's general manager told CPJ.

Their
bodies were discovered at al-Wihda district, 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Baghdad. Both men, in
their late 20s, were shot in the chest, al-Mehdawi told CPJ.

Barood worked at the
station since it was established just over a year and a half ago. Al-Dulaimi
became a reporter for Al-Nahrain four months ago. The motive behind the murders
is unclear. Al-Mehdawi told CPJ that neither the station nor the journalists
had ever received threats.

May 8, 2006 1:14 PM ET

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New York, May 8, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murders of an Iraqi reporter and a media worker whose bodies were discovered early this morning south of Baghdad. Laith al-Dulaimi, a reporter for the privately owned TV station Al-Nahrain, and Muazaz Ahmed Barood, a telephone operator for the station, were kidnapped by men disguised as police officers at Diyala Bridge while driving home to Mada’in, a town 12 miles (19 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Abdulkarim al-Mehdawi, the station’s general manager told CPJ.